BUSINESS LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13494, 22 May 1907, Page 9

BUSINESS LIFE.

A list of those who have won fame, and money through embarking in new lines would show that a change instils new life and inspiration into the man, who probably has been in a rut for many years and has never been able to do full justice to himself. Contemporaneous history is full with examples of men who have' done things well in a new calling, after many years in the old one, and this should be a source of inspiration to the worker of to-day who seeks to change his occupation in middle life or later. Ulysses Grant changed his vocation four times. At 40 he was unknown; at 42 he had become one of the greatest soldiers the world has ever known. 8. M. Bryan was 30 years ago a clerk in the post office. He was discharged, and at once set his brain to work on a new postal system for Japan. The idea was, accepted, and he was at once made head of the Japanese Postal Department. Another man who changed his vocation and became a success is Sir George Newnes. Whilst a salesman in Manchester he conceived the. idea of a new periodical, with the result that Titbits was published.. It was a success, so he gave up his position as salesman, and devoted his time to his weekly. Please- remember that industry is the parent of success. That the tongue is not steel, but it cuts. That every man owes a duty to the State. ' ," '•< :,.; That by doing nothing we learn to do ill. ...-•. . That the greatest wealth is contentment with a little. That every rule has an exception except the laws of Nature. • That a boaster and a liar are much about the same thing. That laziness begins with cobwebs and end with chains. That one should never fail to look on both sides of a question. That careful preparation is the best safeguard against failure. That before setting out to conquer the world first conquer yourself. . That there is no plan or undertaking that cannot be improved by careful thought. | That he who is slow to wrath is of great | understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit ! exalteth folly. Elements indispensable- to success are i health of the boclv, health of the moral in- ; tegrity, and health of the finances. Let j either of these get unbalanced, demoralisai tion and consequent laxity result. These I essential elements Dr. Rich, the well-known : I author and philosopher, describes as "the i constants of success." "Of the health," he ; j writes, "of integrity, of honour, it may I perhaps be said that it is, if possible, even | I more important than physical health. By ! honour we here do not mean only common moral integrity; that is, that one must not. steal nor lie. This is too self-evident. We mean that healthy i-elation to ourselves and to other people which . does not admit of that curse of modem life, of false positions. . . Honesty, by which here we mean resolute rejecting _* all temptations to fall into a false posit is one of the most solid constants of.success. Any attempt to take half-hearted measures; to remain in a post which is half charity, half business; to do what one distinctly hates doing; to aspire quite beyond one's means, _ or, to use the Yankee phrase, to have a beer-income and champagne tastes; any protracted relation to a woman whom one really does not love; all this and a thou-sand-similar situations are the death of all suc p As«." 1